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Dominican University New York Athletics
Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus
December 16, 2025

PANTHERS UPENDS MEN'S BASKETBALL

Box Score

Garden City, N.Y. (12/16/25)  The Dominican University New York men's basktball team fell in a non-conference game to host, Adelphi University, 82-77, this evening in a game played at the Center for Recreation and Sport.

With the win the Panthers, who received votes in this week's National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Top 25 Poll, improve to 9-1 on the season, while the Chargers now stand at 6-3 overall.

Dominican opened the game with the first five points, but the Panthers would rally to take a 19-10 lead with under 12 minutes left in the first half.  An 11-2 Charger run would tie the game at 21-21 with 8:15 on the clock and later a Michael O'Mahony tip-in as time expired would cut the deficit to 44-39 at the break.

The second half would be a see saw battle with neither team holding more than a six-point advantage through the first 10 minutes.  Back-to-back baskets from Elijah Peters would put Dominican ahead, 72-69 with 5:27 to go, but Adelphi would close out the final two minutes with a 6-0 run to claim the 82-77 win.

Peters would come off the bench to score a team best 17 points (7-12 from the floor) and six rebounds in the loss.

Starter Koi D. Kirk, Jr. netted 15 points and seven caroms, while Key'Sean Maynard and Chance Morrish scored 11-points a piece.  Morrish added a team best four assists.

Isaiah Honis pulled down a game best 11 rebounds and added eight points.

The Chargers are back in action this weekend at the Holiday Classic in Las Vegas, Nevada where they will take on #7 Lubbock Christian (Texas) and (RV) Montana State-Billings in non-conference games.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.